Top 10 Creative Shape Activities For Preschoolers

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe.

Ever wondered how you are able to differentiate amongst the innumerable number of shapes prevailing? Well, it is during your childhood that you learn about the different shapes and learn to identify them.

Top 10 Shape Activities For Preschoolers:

The ability to identify different shapes is an extremely important visual discrimination skill. Knowing the name of each shape also allows children to then correctly understand descriptions of objects based on shapes.

Check out here some activities on shapes for preschoolers in order to know more about different colors and shapes:

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1. Shape Hunt:

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Indoor activities can be really fun, especially when they include the whole family playing together.

One such indoor activity could be where your children gather with friends.

They can go on a hunt in the house for different types of shapes.

This can depend on what shapes you ask them to find.

Try using a chits system that will help them choose their shape at the beginning of the activity.

The child collecting the maximum number of items of the shape he or she is allotted to wins the game!

9. Atlas Shape:

In this activity, your preschooler will have to recognize shapes from different countries and their outlines.

A country will be shown to your preschooler and he will have to choose a shape that best or closest represents the shape of the country as in that atlas.

This exposes your preschooler to the concept of world maps.

It also helps him take a small step by recognizing shapes and identifying them.

10. Wear A Shape:

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What better way to learn more about shapes then to really wear a shape?

This activity will give your preschooler an opportunity to wear different type of shapes.

These will not only make your preschooler look prettier will also make sure he can recognize the shape by looking at it or playing with it.

The idea behind these activities is that preschoolers will learn anything if it is wholeheartedly taught to them. You need to make the process innovative and fun.

Activities play a large role in this learning process and it is important to observe your child and adapt to his or her level of understanding.

These color and shape activities for preschoolers are extremely important in developing his knowledge about various shapes that will play a major role as he grows up. Do let us know how your preschooler enjoyed and learnt through these fun activities.